Singapore VS Thailand (and other happenings)

Anyone watched the match between sg & thai?? I dun find soccer interesting until i watched it last nite...mixed feelings reali..cos Singapore scored within 20-30mins or so & i was damn hapi :D Its always good to score a goal as early as possible :D But then started to realise the Thai team abit 'weak'...always fall down, then roll abt on the grass & grimaced, u noe dat kinda soccer stuff dat the players do?? The most interesting person would have to b The Referee! Sibei funi looking at his face when the Thai players juz walked off. Cos his face is forever the same - expressionless, lol!!! To b frank, the penalty awarded to Singapore...not sure reali fair anot. I've seen the replay a few times but not clear leh..i can see the hand behind the sg player's back but cannt see if he's reali pulling at the t-shirt leh. This referee hor, i tink he's quite lenient at 1st liao..mayb after dat he du lan, had enuf liao, decided to give penalty, lol.

A few comments i've seen at the forums. One is pretty funi ;D

"Dude, if you are a professional soccer player, you should accept that having dubious decision is part of the game. This is nothing compared to some of the dubious decision in EPL or other European leagues. How about those where the ball clearly passes the goal line but the referee didn't want to award a goal? Or how about those where the player was clearly offside but the referee award the goal to him in the last minute? I am sure we seen these all the time in European matches, but did they walk off? Such unprofessional attitude is downright childish. This is a international soccer game, not some kampong game where when you are not happy, you just walk off. The fans paid good money for the game, and they are the driving force behind the game of soccer, at least respect them and the organisers who made the match possible. If really not happy with the referee's decision, there is always a legal mean from FIFA to launch an official protest after the match." - makes sense rite this one?

"It was not a penalty, as far as I can see. But if Singapore ever like Thai situation and Singapore team walk off like that, I will feel malu to be a Singaporean, because this really really makes a team and the whole country looks bad. How many times have we seen dubious penalties awarded in EPL, plus all the diving and play acting to earn penalty and get people redcarded. U ever see the EPL team walk off because of that? THAT is what I call professionaism. Anyway, I believe Singapore team should be safe going to Thailand la. The only person not safe in Thailand is that Malaysian referee" - this one i read liao peng san! LOLOLOL

"By the way, if you remember World Cup 2002, the Italy vs Korea match was full of dubious decision, one after another against the italians, even Totti kena sent off, and it was a total joke match. But the Italians played to the end in which they lose. They then come back 4 years later and win the Cup. Such is their professionalism. I am pretty sure no Europe players will walk off over a penalty" - i dun watch soccer at all so duno wat he toking...but i assume such 'walking off' incident is not the norm ;D

"Must give bangkok a miss for a few months now" - LOLOLOL

"Scored by Mustafiq! Just only, hit roof corner, my blood pressure dropped to 0 for a moment" - mine also when i was waiting for him to give the golden kick :)

Another thing i've saw....Read liao sibei weird leh...why everything we also kenna? lol

"Johor minister says Singapore land reclamation cause of recent floods

Posted: 31 January 2007 2014 hrs JOHOR:

The Chief Minister of Malaysia's Johor state has cited land reclamation by neighbouring Singapore as a cause of the recent massive recent flooding. 17 people died and 100,000 were evacuated from their homes during the floods.

According to Malaysian daily, the New Straits Times, Mr Abdul Ghani Othman said the floods were due to the narrowing of the Johor River mouth caused by reclamation on Singapore's Tekong island located opposite the waterway.

He said the river burst its banks after excess rain water could not flow out to the sea fast enough.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, however, said it was too early to tell if the flooding was linked to the reclamation. "There are all sorts of allegations but we can't come to a conclusion unless a thorough technical study is done on the cause of Johor's floods. The real cause is the exceptionally heavy rainfall," he said.

A spokesperson from Singapore's Ministry of National Development says these comments are unfounded and this is confirmed by the results from technical studies that were commissioned separately by both Malaysia and Singapore.

The studies were part of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea dispute settlement proceedings on Singapore's land reclamation works at Pulau Tekong and Tuas View Extension.

Singapore said a coastal hydraulic study undertaken by Malaysia's Department of Irrigation and Drainage in 2002 found that there were no appreciable changes to water levels within the Straits of Johor under projected worst case flood scenarios which could happen once in 100 years.

The study concluded that there was no increased flooding caused by Singapore's reclamation works. Separately, an environmental impact assessment report prepared by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and commissioned by the Malaysian government also reported similar findings. So too, did technical studies commissioned separately by the Singapore government in 2003.

The Ministry added that based on the results of these studies, the Group of Experts, which both governments appointed to study the impact of the reclamation works, had recommended that it would not be necessary for the flood impact to be further assessed by the technical consultant appointed for the Joint Study.

This was accepted by both governments."

R we like..pissing everyone off? lol